Thai PM extends Internal Security Act

Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra extended Monday the Internal Security Act to cover more areas of the capital, Bangkok, Nonthaburi just to the north, and districts including where Bangkok's main airport is located.

Yingluck, addressing the nation on television on a day anti-government protesters swarmed into, or around, state buildings in a bid to bring down her government, said the security act was being extended because of "ongoing events". (Reuters)